University of Idaho scientists are using computer molecular modeling to develop new fungicides with novel modes of action to ...

Home gardeners beware: This year, late blight -- a destructive infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens and on commercial ...

UK premier field-based potato event Potatoes in Practice once again showcased cutting-edge research, trade exhibits, and demonstrations for growers to make informed decisions about their crop.

Late blight is a plant disease that mainly attacks potatoes and tomatoes, although it can sometimes be found on other crops, weeds and ornamentals in the same botanical family (solanaceae). Late ...

For the first time, scientists have identified the existence in Álava-Araba of the two sexual types A1 and A2 of the fungus Phytophthora infestans, responsible for potato blight. Plant lesions become ...

LARIMORE, N.D. - John Morten, who learned to fly as a boy of 17, provides a textbook example of how to keep potatoes safe from blight. It's a big deal this year because, for the first time in a decade ...

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BROWN COUNTY — To all green thumbs, you're being advised to take a close look at your gardens. It's because of a disease called late blight that could kill your tomatoes and potatoes. Late blight is ...

LARIMORE, N.D. -- Potato producers attending the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's field days at Hoverson Farms in Larimore, N.D., were treated to a nasty surprise when North Dakota State ...

A purple potato from Eastern Europe may be the key to solving the biggest economic obstacle facing the organic farming industry. The variety, so obscure that it has no name, appears to be almost ...